Prison Cartoon...

This cartoon takes place behind prison bars, where two inmates are talking. 

One of them says, “I’m in for something I didn’t do – I didn’t arrange a getaway car.”

The joke works as a clever play on words. At first it sounds like the familiar claim of innocence often made by prisoners, but the punchline flips the idea on its head.

Instead of protesting that he didn’t commit a crime, the character admits he is guilty of poor planning – failing to organise the escape that might have kept him out of jail in the first place.

It’s a light, tongue-in-cheek look at criminal clichés, and it shows how humour can emerge from twisting a well-worn phrase into something unexpected. 

As with many cartoons, the scene is simple, but the laugh comes from the reader realising the double meaning and enjoying the irony.